Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Knee news

Diagnosis:

"Patello-Femoral Syndrome - a condition caused by the patella not tracking properly. The patella normally rides in a groove on the femur. The patella is really a fulcrum - it gives leverage to the quadriceps. The quads are so named because they consist of four muscles. With PFS, you get an imbalance in these muscles - usually the lateral or outside muscle over-powers the inner medial muscle - and this pulls the patella out of it's normal groove. When the patella doesn't track properly in it's groove, it causes pain under the patella."

Hey, girl. Ouch! Sounds painful. My two cents... I had a cortisone injection in my ankle when I was in high school (although I was totally against it). It hurt like hell and didn't do a thing. (Not to scare you off if you were considering it. Everyone is different and responds differently to treatments.) ;)